Annual
Report for 1936 as reported in
Dundee Courier 4 August 1937 114 fatalities including: Haulage 21 fatalities Youths – 12 fatalities |
Year | Month | Day | Name of Colliery | First Name | Surname | Extra information/ Source |
1936 | January | 7 | Blantyreferme | Charles | McLaren | Newspaper report - Bothwell pages |
1936 | January | 17 | Tannochside | Thomas | Bermudez | NK Fractured skull |
1936 | January | 21 | Riddochhill | William | Knight | FAI record NAS "William Knight, coal washing plant attendant, Albert Buildings, Westfield, died on 21 January 1936 at the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, from injuries sustained on 20 January 1936 in Riddochhill Colliery, Livingston Parish, West Lothian, when he was struck on the stomach by an iron bar" |
1936 | January | 24 | Riddochhill | Thomas | Smart | FAI record NAS "Thomas Smart, coal miner, 3 Albert Buildings, Blackburn, died on 24 January 1936 at the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, from injuries sustained on 11 January 1936 in Riddochhill Colliery, Blackburn, West Lothian, when the fore-finger of his right hand was cut by a piece of stone" |
1936 | January | 28 | NK (Catrine area) | James Good | Gibson | FAI record NAS & death cert. |
1936 | February | 7 | Aitken | William | Robertson | Newspaper report - Beath pages |
1936 | February | 11 | Easter Gartshore | David | Boyd | Newspaper Report - Dunbartonshire accidents |
David | Boyd | |||||
1936 | February | 12 | Kames, Muirkirk | John | Logie | Newspaper Report - Muirkirk pages |
1936 | February | 15 | Wilson Mine, Douglas | James | Mitchell | Newspaper report - Lanarkshire pages |
1936 | February | 19 | Kingshill Colliery | Robert Gordon | Greenhorn | FAI record NAS & death cert. |
1936 | February | 22 | Jenny Gray | George | Anderson | Natural causes - death cert. |
1936 | February | 22 | NK Bellshill area | James | McEwan | FAI record NAS & death cert. |
1936 | February | 28 | Gilmerton | Edward | Gray formerly Gaigalas | Newspaper report - Lothians pages |
1936 | February | 28 | NK Coalburn area | John | Harrison | FAI record NAS & death cert. |
1936 | February | 29 | NK Carluke area | William | Ross | FAI record NAS & death cert. |
1936 | March | 6 | Fauldhead Colliery | James | Gray | Newspaper report - Dumfriesshire pages |
1936 | March | 6 | Blairmuckhill Colliery | Thomas | Hilditch | FAI record NAS & death cert. |
1936 | March | 9 | Lumphinnans Colliery | Patrick McQuillan | Wallace | Death cert.FAI record NAS & death cert. |
1936 | March | 11 | Priory | William | Paton | Newspaper report - Blantyre pages |
1936 | March | 12 | NK Bargeddie area | William | Buchan | FAI record NAS & death cert. |
1936 | March | 14 | Loanhead | Joseph | Hamilton | Newspaper report - Lothians pages |
1936 | March | 15 | Fortissat | Peter | McLeod | Newspaper report - Shotts pages |
1936 | March | 21 | Plean Colliery | David | Rae | Newspaper report - Stirlingshire pages |
1936 | March | 21 | Bardykes | John | Stewart | Newspaper report - Blantyre pages |
1936 | March | 21 | No 3 Priory Colliery, Blantyre | George | Pritchard | Death cert & RCE - fall from runaway bogie |
1936 | March | 21 | Bardykes | James | Conlin | Newspaper report - Bardykes page |
Thomas | Coulter | |||||
Robert | Dawson | |||||
George | Kirk | |||||
Gilbert | Roy | |||||
1936 | March | 31 | No 2 Level, Straiton West Dook, Clippens Limestone Mine | Edward Blackwood | Wylie | FAI - NAS and death certificate |
1936 | March | 31 | Kinglassie Colliery | John | Farmer | FAI - NAS and death certificate |
1936 | April | 7 | Barleyside | John | Collins | Newspaper report - Stirlingshire pages |
1936 | April | 13 | Aitken | Andrew | Sneddon | Newspaper report - Beath pages |
1936 | April | 14 | Kirkstyle Pit | Francis | Rodman | Newspaper report - Ayrshire pages |
1936 | April | 24 | Barrachnie Colliery | James Young | McDonald | Buried by stones and debris which fell from roof |
1936 | April | 25 | Lumphinnans Colliery | James Mitchell | Mill | Struck by runaway hutch |
1936 | May | 2 | NK Dalkeith area | David Davidson | Reid | Caught by tub |
1936 | May | 5 | Gilmerton | Thomas | Rintoul | Newspaper report - Lothians pages |
1936 | May | 7 | Hassockrigg | Joseph | Duffy | Newspaper report - Shotts pages |
1936 | May | 9 | Dykehead Colliery | Alexander | Stewart | Headstone |
1936 | May | 12 | Meta | Robert | Snaddon | Clackmannan accident pages |
1936 | May | 16 | Aitken | James Shade | Adam | Newspaper report - Beath pages |
1936 | May | 18 | Manor Powis | Alexander | McLean | Newspaper report - Stirlingshire pages |
1936 | May | 27 | Auchengeich | William | Milligan | Newspaper report - Lanarkshire pages |
1936 | May | 28 | Lingerwood | James Melrose | Fletcher | Newspaper report - Lothians pages |
1936 | May | 29 | NK Hurlford area | William Holland | Hamilton | FAI - NAS and death certificate |
1936 | June | 2 | Stanrigg Mine | John | Stinson | Severe crushing of chest |
1936 | June | 11 | Lochore | William | Baxter | Newspaper report - Ballingry pages |
1936 | June | 17 | Skellyton Colliery | Alexander C. | Cummings | Headstone |
1936 | June | 21 | Foulshiels | Robert | Elliot or Anderson | FAI record NAS "Robert Elliot formerly Anderson, coal miner, 26 Johnston Terrace, Stoneyburn, died on 21 June 1936 at the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, from injuries sustained on 28 September 1931 in Foulshiels Colliery, Stoneyburn, West Lothian, when a stone fell from the roof on him" |
1936 | June | 23 | Fauldhead | Peter | Black | Newspaper report - Dumfriesshire pages |
1936 | June | 24 | Foulshiels | James | Henderson | FAI record - NAS (natural causes) " James Henderson, coal miner, 64 Old Rows, Stoneyburn, died on 24 June 1936 in Foulshiels Colliery, Stoneyburn, West Lothian, from heart failure" |
1936 | July | 1 | Prestongrange | Archibald Stafford | Cross | Newspaper report - Lothians pages |
1936 | July | 4 | Lochore | John | Pratt | Newspaper report - Ballingry pages |
1936 | July | 8 | Easter Gartshore | Harry | Bauld | Newspaper Report - Dunbartonshire accidents |
1936 | July | 8 | Bowhill Colliery | Thomas | McGregor | Headstone and death certificate |
1936 | July | 11 | Glenburn Colliery | Andrew Clement | Burleigh | Glasgow Herald 13 July 1936 p9 c1 |
1936 | July | 12 | Blairhall | Matthew Rutherford | Smart | Newspaper report - Fife pages |
1936 | July | 15 | Mossbeath | Irvine Thomas | Beveridge | Newspaper report - Beath pages |
1936 | July | 16 | Barony | John | Graham | Newspaper report - Ayrshire pages |
1936 | July | 17 | Stepends Colliery | William | Gallacher | FAI - NAS and death certificate |
1936 | July | 17 | Cornsilloch Colliery | Andrew | Gallacher | With thanks to Jack Hunter for this information |
1936 | July | 27 | Lingerwood | Andrew | Buchan | Newspaper report - Lothians pages |
1936 | August | 10 | Polmaise Colliery | Francis Parker | Smith | Run over by rake of hutches. Cause of death gas gangrene from leg wound (Fallin memorial list) |
1936 | August | 20 | Armadale | James | Prentice | Newspaper report - Lothians pages |
1936 | August | 21 | Pennyvenie | James | Blane | Newspaper report - Ayrshire pages |
1936 | August | 25 | Aitken | William | Truran | Newspaper report - Beath pages, Glasgow Herald 26 August 1936 p7 c4 |
1936 | August | 25 | Valleyfield | Lindsay Ramsay | McKenzie | Roof fall Glasgow Herald 26 August 1936 p7 c4 |
1936 | August | 31 | Fauldhead Colliery | Thomas | Parker | Newspaper report - Dumfriesshire pages |
1936 | September | 4 | Barony | Robert | Wilson | Newspaper report - Ayrshire pages |
1936 | September | 16 | Limemilnes Colliery, Ormiston | William | Vanbeck | Newspaper report - Lothians pages |
1936 | September | 17 | Dalmacoulter | David Yule Ramsay | Leitch | New Monkland pages |
1936 | September | 21 | Roslin Colliery | Thomas Geddes | Graham | FAI - NAS and death certificate |
1936 | September | 23 | Furnaceyard | George | Williamson | Newspaper report - Lothians pages |
1936 | September | 29 | Wellesley Colliery | Thomas | Taylor | Newspaper report - Fife pages |
1936 | October | 2 | Woodyett | Henry | Davidson | Newspaper report - Stirlingshire pages |
John | McMaster | |||||
1936 | October | 12 | Polkemmet | David | Gardner | FAI record NAS " David Gardner, banksman, East View, Longridge, died on 12 October 1936 at the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, from injuries sustained on 26 September 1936 in Polkemmet Colliery, Whitburn, West Lothian, when his head was crushed between a shaft gate and a supporting girder" |
1936 | October | 21 | Cardowan | James | Douglas | Newspaper report - Lanarkshire pages |
1936 | October | 22 | Kinglassie Colliery | Matthew | Donaldson | Newspaper report - Fife pages |
1936 | October | 27 | Michael Colliery | Richard | Hume | Natural causes Newspaper report - Fife pages |
1936 | October | 28 | Blackrigg | Robert | Adamson | FAI record NAS "Robert Adamson, coal miner, 14 Craig Terrace, Blackridge, died on 28 October 1936 in No. 2 Blackrigg Colliery, Blackridge, West Lothian, when clay fell on him" |
1936 | November | 3 | Lumphinnans | George | Whyte | Newspaper report - Beath pages |
1936 | November | 13 | Whitrigg | James | Murphy | FAI record NAS "James Murphy, bing attendant, 58 Jubilee Road, Whitburn, died on 13 November 1936 at the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, from injuries sustained on 11 November 1936 in No. 5 Whitrigg Colliery, Whitburn, when he fell down the side of a redd bing" |
1936 | November | 21 | Fallin Colliery | William | Robertson | Struck by belt loader (Fallin memorial list) |
1936 | November | 24 | Easton | Andrew Cairns | Muir or Cairns | FAI record - NAS " Andrew Cairns Muir known as Andrew Cairns, prop drawer, Hopefield Cottage, Burnside Road, Bathgate, died on 24 November 1936 in Easton Colliery, Bathgate, when material fell from the roof on him" |
1936 | November | 25 | Glencraig | Andrew | Peattie | Newspaper report - Ballingry pages |
1936 | November | 26 | Blairmuckhill | David Baird | Gemmell | Newspaper report - Shotts pages |
1936 | November | 27 | Cardowan | Alexander | Cook | Newspaper report - Lanarkshire pages |
1936 | November | 27 | Whitehill Colliery | James Robertson | Taylor | Natural causes |
1936 | November | 27 | Montgomeryfield | Robert | Parker | Newspaper report - Ayrshire pages |
1936 | November | 28 | Hamilton Palace | George | Cousins | Newspaper report - Bothwellhaugh pages |
1936 | December | 1 | Polmaise Colliery | Alexander | Ferguson | Tetanus, incised wound on right hand. NB This death cert contains no reference to an RCE. (Fallin memorial list) |
1936 | December | 5 | Woodend | Isaac | Whitefield | FAI record NAS " Isaac Whitefield, machineman, 59 Calder Crescent, Armadale, was electrocuted on 5 December 1936 in Woodend Colliery, Armadale" |
1936 | December | 8 | Newcraighall | John | Johnstone | Newspaper report - Lothians pages |
1936 | December | 10 | Canderrigg Colliery | Robert | Peters | Headstone |
1936 | December | 17 | Frances Colliery | John | Spiers | Newspaper report - Fife pages |
1936 | December | 20 | Woodyett | Alexander | Gordon | Newspaper report - Stirlingshire pages |
1936 | December | 23 | Gore Pit, Arniston Colliery | Michael | Maughan | Fall of stone |
1936 | December | 30 | Aitken Colliery | John Cochrane | Greig | Natural causes |
1936 | December | 31 | Parkneuk | James | Brown | Newspaper report - Lanarkshire pages |